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Neal’s back story will be a major focal point in “Second Star to the Right” (airing Sunday) and “And Straight on ‘Til Morning” (airing May 12), which will delve into Neverland as the episode titles indicate. (Watch an extended preview of “Second Star to the Right.”)
“These guys are master storytellers, [co-creators] Adam [Horowitz] and Eddy [Kitsis], and you can expect that that quality continues. By the season finale, when they roll the credits, the dust is going to have settled on certain things but other things are going to have a big boom,” actor Michael Raymond-James tells The Hollywood Reporter.
Raymond-James talks Emma (Jennifer Morrison), Tamara (Sonequa Martin-Green), Henry (Jared Gilmore) and Neal’s history with Captain Hook (Colin O’Donoghue) in previewing the final season two episodes.The Hollywood Reporter: When you first joined, did you know how integral Neal would be to the Once Upon a Time story?
Michael Raymond-James: When [Eddy and Adam] explained to me how they wanted to do the reveal (that Neal was Henry’s father and Gold was his), it was the idea of Neal walking around Manhattan with no explanation as to why. They wanted the audience to be like: “Are we watching the right f—ing show? Wait a second! Who and what is happening?!” They pitched me the whole arc of who Baelfire was for this season and I was hooked.
THR: “Manhattan” was a huge turning point for Neal/Baelfire. How did that episode kick off the rest of your character’s journey?
Raymond-James: It was one of my favorite episodes this season for my character. It’s an intense episode. To say it was shocking to Neal would be an understatement. Emma and Neal have unfinished business and there’s a lot of hurt there. That was the first time they were seeing each other since — as far as she’s concerned — she was left holding the bag, literally, and sent to prison. There was a lot that she didn’t know that Neal couldn’t exactly explain to her. This is still the woman that Neal loves so I have to protect her in any capacity that I can; if that means he has to suck it up and look into his father’s eyes for the first time in years then so be it. Robert Carlyle (Mr. Gold/Rumpelstiltskin) summed it up best: “It’s sort of like waiting for a bus to come and you’ve been waiting all day and all of a sudden four of them show up at the same time.” That’s kinda what it felt like.
THR: To say that the family tree is complicated is an understatement. How do you keep track of all the connections?Raymond-James: This family tree is a f—ing wreath man! You’re not going to quiz me are you? [Laughs] It’s incredibly complicated. You really do have to draw a map with lines and pictures and it starts to look like an FBI manhunt.
THR: Viewers are aware of Tamara’s double-dealing, but Neal isn’t. Will his perspective on her change by the end of the season?
Raymond-James: Emma continues down the road of trying to wake Neal up. She has suspicions that are clearly founded — but she doesn’t have hard facts yet — and she’ll continue to try to convince Neal. Neal’s going to struggle with being able to accept that.
THR: What’s the likelihood of Neal and Emma getting back together?
Raymond-James: My take is that nothing is off the table. What I mean by that is that it’s all on the table, anything can happen. These are two people who care deeply about each other and they have a complex history but they also share a child and they have those unresolved feelings and issues that they haven’t been begun to address. Anything can happen. They could end up together or they could end up friends who co-parent together or not. It could go any number of directions. I would get in a lot of trouble if I narrowed it down.
THR: How has Neal finding out that Henry is his son affected him?
Raymond-James: Neal was a bit of a rudderless ship for a long time and the thing he coveted was family. It’s sort of like getting to the goal line, they move it another 100 yards. When he finds out he has a son, that immediately gives him a purpose that he was always looking for. It’s an opportunity for him to be the kind of father he always wanted. It had a huge impact on Neal and this is something that he doesn’t want to screw up. He so badly wants to be good at this, at being a father. He’s going to proceed cautiously with Henry’s best interest at heart. His single biggest motivation is his son.
THR: There is a lot of Internet speculation out there about who Bae may actually be, with Peter Pan being particularly popular.
Raymond-James: You know that song “Cashmere” by Led Zeppelin? [starts to sing] “All will be revealed!” It’s coming, it’s coming! We’re almost there. I think a lot of people’s questions are going to be answered this Sunday and some of those answers you’re going to get are going to lead to more questions, but that’s the fun of a show like this. It’s constantly unfolding. You gotta buy the ticket and take the ride.
THR: Also, what can you tease in terms of Bae and Hook’s connection?
Raymond-James: That it’s going to be really good. [Laughs] The wait isn’t much longer
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[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"@RumplesGirl wrote:
Yeah, could be Philip’s case, where his body was left behind and just his spirit went elsewhere. So, maybe the Wraith comes into play.
SOOOO…do they take Neal's body on the JR? Do they suddenly suspect that he is not truly dead and going to NL is both to save Henry AND to find Neal's spirit? Because the alternative is that they leave his body behind in SB where we think the fail safe is going to go off.
Hmmmmm, maybe. Great questions! Looking forward to getting answers soon!
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
I thinnk that were Mulan, Aurora, Phillip and the wraith comig to play. Neals souls is maybe lost like Phils, so if they rescue Phillip. Maybe they rescue Bae by accident as well or he is something like a dog to find wraith victims.
Heros don't get their Happy Ending!
Too me there has never been a love triangle, people just see what that want to see or wish to happen when nothing is really there. ❗ I too will be so glad when we get rid of Hook so this sillness stuff of shipping people will stop and we can actually all move on and watch the show without people harping on Emma and a Hook connection good grief. 😡
@HappyEndings wrote:
Too me there has never been a love triangle, people just see what that want to see or wish to happen when nothing is really there. ❗ I too will be so glad when we get rid of Hook so this sillness stuff of shipping people will stop and we can actually all move on and watch the show without people harping on Emma and a Hook connection good grief. 😡
To be fair to the CS’ers, there is something between Emma and Hook. For me, the most genuine Hook has ever been was toward the end of Tallahassee when he says “Look into my eyes, Swan. Have I lied to you?” I think he honestly would have been on her side and helped her. I do think there is something to explore there because I don’t see Hook as just a “dark” character.
Also, Hook isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. He’s going to be around for a long time and I think he should be, even if I don’t find him as compelling as some fans do. He does have a story that will be interesting."He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"@RumplesGirl wrote:
You’re killing me here. 😥
But if there is no body would they think he is dead? Unless of course it’s just his spirit that goes to FTL.I think that’s where the black diamond of doom comes in. If it’s done in a magically contained area I can see nothing really remaining of Neal or the place he was, but the rest of Storybrooke remaining intact.
I’ve been a convinced that the main cast will believe Neal to be dead for quite a while now. This inflexion of Rumple would definitely be appreciated, but I still hope when the time comes he has a third option, because I think it’s plainly clear now the prophecy’s “undoing” is all about GOAT issuing him an ultimatum – surrender your life to our plans or watch Henry die – that I don’t want him to abide to. I want him to find a way to save both Henry and himself and give Tamara a death we won’t forget for “killing” Neal.
@HappyEndings wrote:
Too me there has never been a love triangle, people just see what that want to see or wish to happen when nothing is really there. ❗ I too will be so glad when we get rid of Hook so this sillness stuff of shipping people will stop and we can actually all move on and watch the show without people harping on Emma and a Hook connection good grief. 😡
Haha yeah I’ve never seen the triangle either. It’s always been so obvious that Neal and Emma are meant for each other.
I don’t want to get rid of Hook though, I’d like to see his character evolve and be more than just a guy out for revenge. He’s a fun character (although I still hold a grudge over what he did to Belle and will not fully like him again til she gets her memory back lol).@RumplesGirl wrote:
SOOOO…do they take Neal's body on the JR? Do they suddenly suspect that he is not truly dead and going to NL is both to save Henry AND to find Neal's spirit? Because the alternative is that they leave his body behind in SB where we think the fail safe is going to go off.
Okay. I had a moment to think of a possible scenario. Everyone thinks Neal is dead, but Emma and Snow remember that Mulan and Aurora heard from Cora that they could rescue Philip's soul. They make sure Neal's body is taken care of, and it doesn't decay, since he's not really dead. The failsafe trigger gets activated, and everyone races out of a vanishing SB via the magical beans. However, instead of killing everyone, the rest of SB residants get sent back to the EF. In S3, Neal's soul is reunited with his body. Crazy, I know.
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
@RumplesGirl wrote:
@HappyEndings wrote:
Too me there has never been a love triangle, people just see what that want to see or wish to happen when nothing is really there. ❗ I too will be so glad when we get rid of Hook so this sillness stuff of shipping people will stop and we can actually all move on and watch the show without people harping on Emma and a Hook connection good grief. 😡
To be fair to the CS’ers, there is something between Emma and Hook. For me, the most genuine Hook has ever been was toward the end of Tallahassee when he says “Look into my eyes, Swan. Have I lied to you?” I think he honestly would have been on her side and helped her. I do think there is something to explore there because I don’t see Hook as just a “dark” character.
Also, Hook isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. He’s going to be around for a long time and I think he should be, even if I don’t find him as compelling as some fans do. He does have a story that will be interesting.Look into my eyes doesn’t really mean anything, it must be this young generation who wants to add something to a comment or think what is said is fliriting because this is just a statement nothing more to me.
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